Alex Kuffner
@KuffnerAlex
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Energy and Environment Writer at the Providence Journal
Providence, R.I.
Joined May 2013
RT @davabel: Trump fires NOAA scientists helping whales and offshore wind coexist
canarymedia.com
Scores of employees working to ensure offshore wind has a low impact on whales, birds, and other wildlife were cut in a major round of layoffs at the…
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RT @PatrickAnderso_: Political Scene: In 2023 Rhode Island created a first-of-its-kind lead-safe apartment registry. More than 18 months l….
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RT @PatrickAnderso_: RI @GovDanMcKee is proposing a new electric vehicle fee to offset the loss of gas tax collections to battery-powered c….
providencejournal.com
Gas tax collections rose last year and are on pace to rise again this year
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RT @TheStonesEG: ". all of the blades should be analyzed for aerodynamic flutter stability before any more are installed in offshore turb….
capecodtimes.com
The UK project's failed blade is the same model as the ones in Vineyard Wind's lease area south of Martha's Vineyard. What we know.
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RT @BrownandProv: Outdoor air pollution is often worse in the summer. Join Breathe Providence on July 23 at the South Providence Library to….
breatheprovidence.com
Join us and the SPHEZ at South Providence Library (441 Prairie Ave) on July 23, 3-6pm to build a DIY home air purifier!
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RT @projo: AG, former CRMC official slam country club's attempt to change rules for illegal seawall
providencejournal.com
Neronha and former CRMC deputy director James Boyd issued scathing letters warning of a dangerous precedent.
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RT @kmulvane: 'The Narrow River won': A fight to build a house on stilts in Narragansett may be over. via @projo.
providencejournal.com
The house would have been build on an undersized wetlands lot adjacent to the Narrow River.
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RT @mjalbertPRP: Great story from @KuffnerAlex on the Flood Rover!! 🛻🌊🛻🌊.
providencejournal.com
A truck collecting data to create visualizations of flooding made worse by climate change is set to start work in Rhode Island this week.
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RT @projo: Patinkin: Peggy Sharpe could have led a quiet life, instead she left RI a better place
providencejournal.com
Following her passing, The Journal's Mark Patinkin learned that Peggy’s hand in community improvement was far-reaching.
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RT @projo: At outset of heat wave, a worker collapsed onto a scaffolding and died in Providence
providencejournal.com
Two firefighters were first to the scene, arriving via bicycle, according to a police report.
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RT @RIHouseofReps: @projo: The final report from a legislative commission studying the decline of quahog harvests in Narragansett Bay recom….
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RT @projo: Quahog commission recommends transplants and seeding the Bay − but how much will it cost?
providencejournal.com
The commission was unable to reach consensus on the impact of the wastewater treatment regulations enacted after a historic fish kill in 2003.
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RT @cleanwater_ri: Good news from the fight against toxic #PFAS! The Consumer PFAS Ban Act just passed out of committee in the @RISenate. T….
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RT @JedThorp: Long-term ocean sampling in Narragansett Bay reveals plummeting plankton levels: impact uncertain for local food web https://….
uri.edu
KINGSTON, R.I. – May 15, 2024 – URI researchers estimate that in Narragansett Bay, the level of tiny plantlike creatures called phytoplankton has dropped by half in the last half century, based on...
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RT @davabel: Another critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted over the weekend entangled in fishing gear around its mou….
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RT @antoniafarzan: Two good stories today from new Projo reporter @_jonnywilliams! . #1- Ex-Cranston councilwoman claims she was blackmaile….
providencejournal.com
Aniece Germain’s allegations that the City Council president blackmailed her have roiled the council.
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RT @davabel: More bad news for a critically endangered species: Another right whale was just found to be suffering from a severe entangleme….
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RT @davabel: Preliminary results suggest that the right whale recently found off Virginia died as a result of "catastrophic" injuries to th….
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RT @TNC_RI: Pat MacMeekin is a hero of the Queen’s River fire. Quick action by @RhodeIslandDEM and firefighters from Exeter & other towns k….
providencejournal.com
Last year, two big fires tore through RI forests. Could that happen again?
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RT @WheelerReporter: Our live coverage of the Washington Bridge replacement announcement. @PatrickAnderso_ coming in with updates. https….
providencejournal.com
The condition of the bridge was found to be much worse than previously thought, and officials have been hinting at a tear down for months.
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